Hamstead and Great Barr Station

Great Barr was opened on the original route of the Grand
Junction Railway in 1862 and has been included on the Birmingham-Soho-
Birmingham route for the website's convenience as Perry Barr, Witton, Aston and
Vauxhall & Duddeston were all sited along the route too. The first station
was opened by the Grand Junction Railway on 4th July 1837, and was named
Hamstead and Great Barr; it was renamed Great Barr on 1st May 1875. The station
was rebuilt to be fully on the opposite side of the road bridge on 25 March
1899; this station, again known as Great Barr, was renamed Hamstead on 6 May
1974. The station also had sidings served the adjacent Hamstead Colliery.